Blanket



Feb. 14, 1950 j, r E 2,497,186

BLANKET Filed March 7, 1945 Patented Feb. 14, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE This invention relates to improvements in blankets, or sleepingcovering, and one of the objects of the same is to provide an improvedblanket which comprises two pieces, adapted to be readily connectedtogether along one edge, the combined sections being of a width that thefree edges thereof may be tucked under the mattress. At the same time,the sections may be separated along the united edges, thereby permittingeach section to be thrown back out of the way when desired, withoutpulling them from under the mattress or removing them from the bed.

A further object is to provide an improved blanket of this character,which is provided with tie tapes secured thereto, intermediate thelateral edges of the sections, which tapes are adapted to be tied arounda portion of the frame of the springs, or a part of the bed, so thatwhen the blanket is in use, it cannot be pulled out and will not slipoff the bed, thereby insuring that the sleeper will not become uncoveredby a change of position in the bed.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new anduseful objects, the invention consists in the features of novelty insubstantially the construction, combination and arrangement of theseveral parts, hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and shownin the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention, in which Fig. 1is a view, in section, of a bed and blanket, showing the manner ofapplying the blanket when in use.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blanket, showing one of the ends of thesections thereof separated.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of the blanket.

The blanket, in the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2,consists, essentially, of two sections 10), preferably of uniform sizeand shape, and constructed of any suitable material. The two sectionsare adapted to be separately secured together along the adjacent sidesII, in any suitable manner, here shown as separable fastening means,such as buttons 13 and button holes ii, any number of which may beprovided.

Secured to each of the sections, intermediate their lateral edges andspaced a substantial distance from the outer edges, and also on top ofthe sections, are suitable anchoring means or tie tapes ill, by means ofwhich the blanket may be secured or anchored to a portion of the bed,such as the rails I6, so that the blanket will be maintained in properplace upon the mattress 1 Claim. (Cl. 334) l1, and will be preventedfrom pulling out, slipping or falling 01f the bed.

The tie tapes are so secured to the blanket as to hold the same in aposition which will be comfortable to the occupant of the bed, and topermit of freedom of movement, such as turning or sitting up in the bed.

By providing the blanket in sections, with the separable fastening meansl3-I4, the sections may be readily separated and thrown back out of theway, when access to the occupant may be desired for any purpose, withoutthe necessity of untying the tapes, or pulling out or withdrawing thesides of the blanket from under the mattress.

When desired, the sections may again be brought together, and the freeedges thereof united through the medium of the fastening means l3l4.

When not in use, and, if desired, the sections may be separated andfolded back upon the bed.

With this improved constuction, and when desired, the sections may beseparated and each section used as a single blanket.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 3, I

the blanket is formed of two main sections detachably united along oneedge by separable fastening means, here shown as buttons l8 and buttonholes [9, and each main section in turn comprises smaller sections 20,which latter are separably connected together along a line 2| which istransverse to the separation line 22 of the main sections. These smallersections are respectively separably secured together by means ofseparable fastening means, such as buttons and button holes 23-24.

Fastening or anchoring tapes 25, any number of which may be provided,are secured to the respective sections for fastening the blanket inposition on the bed, in a manner similar to that employed with the formof the invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

While the preferred forms of the invention have been herein shown anddescribed, it is to be understood that changes may be made in thedetails of construction and in the combination and arrangement of theseveral parts, within the scope of the claim, without departing from thespirit of this invention.

What is claimed as new is:

A sleeping blanket comprising two sheet like sections entirely separatedfrom each other, means separably securing adjacent edges of saidsections together in overlapping relation, anchoring tapes secured toeach of the sections in spaced relation throughout the length of thesections,

and spaced a substantial distance from the free lateral edges of therespective sections and adapted to be tied to a portion of the bed, thefree portions of the respective blanket sections beyond the saidanchoring means, being adapted 5' to be tucked under the mattress, theentire remaining portion of each section, when in use, being disposedabove the person, each of said sections, while thus anchored and tuckedunder the mattress, being adapted to be hung over 10 the respectiveadjacent sides of a bed, when the proximate edges of the sections areunfastened and separated, each of the sections, when separated, beingadapted to be separately and independently removed, while the othersection;

remains secured to the bed, and also adapted to be employed as separateblanket covers 'orunits.

IDA PEDERSEN.

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